Saturday, November 21, 2015

magnanimous, \mag-NAN-uh-muhs\, adjective, 

1. proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.: a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness. 
2. high-minded; noble: a just and magnanimous ruler. 

Origin: Magnanimous can be traced to the Latin terms magnus meaning "great" and animus meaning "soul, spirit, mind." It entered English in the mid-1500s.

ashy dick 

• A penis that endures no sexual intercourse for a long period of time (it does not get wet) 

Man... It's been awhile. I'm getting an ashy dick

History 

• hot-air balloon: first manned free flight was taken by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on a 20-minute, 9-km. flight over Paris (1783)
• phonograph: a new invention was announced by Thomas Edison (1877)
• Verrazano Narrows Bridge: the suspension bridge connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island opened (1964)
• Who shot J.R.? : 350 million people worldwide tuned in to Dallas to find out (1980)

Birthdays

• François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) 1694
• William Beaumont 1785
• Rene Magritte 1898
• Stan Musial (MLB) 1920
• Vivian Blaine 1921
• Joseph Campanella 1927
• Jean Shepard 1933
• Laurence Luckinbill 1934
• Marlo Thomas 1938
• Dr. John 1940
• Natalia Makarova 1940
• Juliet Mills 1941
• Marcy Carsey 1944
• Harold Ramis 1944
• Goldie Hawn 1945
• Lonnie Jordan (War) 1948
• Livingston Taylor 1950
• Lorna Luft 1952
• Cherry Jones 1956
• Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes) 1960
• Nicollette Sheridan 1963
• Bjork Gudmundsdottir (Sugarcubes) 1965
• Troy Aikman (NFL) 1966
• Alex James (Blur) 1968
• Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) 1968
• Ken Griffey Jr. (MLB) 1969
• Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) 1971
• Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) 1974
• Jena Malone 1984